1. Act 3
The Type 3 Solidness
of the World, as told by
n
Knucklehead
Last In First Out
owledge 4
uckleheads
LIFO theater presents
The Sense of Solidness
*
The Mystic Physics of Shiva‟s Chakras
Act 2
The Type 2 Solidness
of the Spiritual Heart, as told by Airhead
Act 1
The Type 1 Solidness
of the Self, as told by Brickhead
* If everything we‟ve ever experienced were
made of false solidness, what would true solidness be?
“All appearance and disappearance pre-supposes change against a
changeless background at once recognizable as the original existence.” Nisargadatta

2. Afterward,
At the Movies Knucklehead told his
with the friends that he‟d
3 Spiritual been fascinated by
Stooges the story
One day, of Truth portrayed
Brickhead, Airhead and as something
Knucklehead went to tangible and
their very first movie. substantial, rather
It was called „The
than
Airhead had
Diamond of Truth‟. Brickhead was
just an abstraction.
seen also fascinated by
the beam of light a single uniform
from substance - the
screen. Whereas
the projector, and the light was
he marveled that energetic and
a single uniform creative, the screen
substance could be was merely solid.
responsible for all The light stands
of the colors, for consciousness and
the screen for self,
shapes and and no two things

3. see red I‟ll be your
host.
Separate A Knucklehead is
anyone foolish enough to
Sequential & have been bitten by the
Simultaneous spirituality bug.
I believe that each
person sees the world in
A a certain way, separate
from others.
Classification
I like to approach
System for spirituality the way and my
Hi, I‟m Brickhead I
Spiritual Seekers color
approach other things,
Hello, I‟m Airhead. My is blue, so I‟ll be happy to
using logic and
color is green, so be your host wherever you
rationality,
anywhere you see green, see blue.
which I call „language 3‟,
I‟ll be your host. or also started as a
I
I started out as a Knucklehead, but language‟.
„the horizontal unlike my
Knucklehead. friend, Airhead,
I‟m fascinated by I feel that the ultimate
consciousness, and I feel truth is a fullness of
that the ultimate truth fullness, something which
must be something very is dense, substantial and
„thin‟, like pure awareness solid in a way that nothing else
or perhaps emptiness. can be.
I believe that we‟re I believe that inner
always moving through languages
points of view are nested, and that a part
in a sequential way, and of me
I call this approach is always speaking each of

4. A Simple Test
to see if you‟re a Knucklehead, an Airhead or a
Brickhead
1. have you been bitten by the spirituality bug?
no yes
congratulations! you Knucklehead !
you don‟t need this stuff
2. do you feel that the ultimate Truth is
something „thin‟, like consciousness or
emptiness?
yes 3. no
do you feel that the ultimateTruth
you‟re an Airhead ! something solid and substantial, like
is
a
dense background or a fullness-of-
fullness?
yes
you‟re a Brickhead like
me !

5. type 3 solidness
This is the familiar
feeling of
The 3 Types i-ness, the subject of
experience,
of Solidness also known as the ego and
the
i-thought.
It has a center and it
“Everything should be moves around the life-cycle
made of thought, as each new
as simple as possible, though begins its life near
but not one bit simpler.” the self and then moves
Einstein away from it before
expiring.
self
Airhead on Brickhead on
type 2 solidness Type 1 Solidness
This is called the center
of the Also called True Mass,
spiritual heart. It‟s this is the only type of
stationary relative to the solidness which is
subject of experience, which capitalized because it‟s the
is attracted to it and orbits only one which actually
it in non-dual devotion. exists.
It‟s created by the True Mass is nothing
subject after subject passes more or less than dense
near the self and then existence.
attempts to emulate self‟s It has no center (or
true solidness, filling the center-everywhere),
empty void: and functionsat the the
[self is not shown as bottom,
self but as the background]
universal screen or

6. The 3 Ways to
Knucklehead on
Experience Experiencing type 3
Solidness solidness
Three ways to “First one sees the self as
enliven the 6 th sense objects”
Ramana
(really the 1 st
sense), Self is first
experienced as the sense
the ability to or feeling of i-ness at
recognize the center of the mind, as
true solidness, which well as all of the objects
is the main purpose it projects and then
relates to in one‟s
self
of self-enquiry.z inner and outer
Airhead on environments.
Experiencing type 2 Brickhead on
solidness Experiencing Type 1
Solidness
“Then one sees the self as a
void.” “Then one sees the self as
Ramana the self.“
Self is next experienced Ramana
as an empty void (before i-
ness passes near the self), Self is finally (as
and then as a originally) experienced as
„full void‟ or center of the True Mass in the form of
spiritual heart (after i-ness the dense centerless
passes near and is informed background of one‟s inner &
by the presence of the self). outer environments.
[self is not shown at the bottom,
self but as the background]

7. Model 3
The 3 Models Introduced by
of Self-Knowledge Knucklehead
& Considering the journey
around the „Cycle of
The 3 Laws Self-Knowledge‟ makes it
of Solidness easier to recognize the
type 3 solidness
of the subject of
each model may make experience.
it easier to recognize The third law of
solidness
a type of solidness (aka the law of no
context)
Model level of
self
says that each
1
Model 2 Introduced by
reality
Introduced by is of a Brickhead
single piece.
Airhead Considering the
Considering the bottom background of experience
half of the cycle makes it
makes it easier to recognize
easier to recognize the type
2 solidness of the center of the Type 1 Solidness,
the spiritual heart. theTrue Mass of the self.
The second law of The first law of solidness
solidness says that, as no says that background must
true distinctions may be always be more solid than
made within the false,
every thing which does not foreground,
and and therefore only that
exist is everyThing
of a single piece, exist
which does which is the most solid may
is of another single piece

8. 7 Milestones
on the Cycle of Self-Knowledge
aka the Life-Cycle of a Thought
7
Model 3
The World
(no self-
The Point of knowledge
Self-Enquiry
6 is possible in
this quadrant)
5 The Dance
of Shakti
Model 2
The Point
4 of Free Will
The Empty Void The Full Void aka
3 Spiritual Heart
If Self
2 Could
Mo d e l 1
Speak
1
The Self

9. Table of Contents for
A 7-Scene Play
based on the 7 milestones:
The Mystic Physics of
Shiva‟s Chakras
The tongues of self-knowledge are
laid-out like xylophone keys on the spine of Shiva
and like xylophone keys played to enchant and amuse
What is life but this song?
Act 1 – Model 1: The Type 1 Solidness of the
Self
language 1 scene  The Pre-Verbal Dialects of
the Self
language 1.5 scene  Model 1 – If Self Could
Speak
Act 2 – Model 2: The Type 2 Solidness of the Spir
Heart
language 2 scene  The Mechanics of Rebirth
language 2 scene  Model 2 & the Point of
Free Will
language 2.5 scene  D ev o ti on t o S ha k t i

10. Act 1
Mass-Type 1, Model 1, Language 1
The Type 1 Solidness of the
Self
Hi, Brickhead here. I‟ll be your host for
this act. Here are a few of the specifics of
Model 1to get
you started.
state of mind lucid sleep
1 (self)
number of or 2 (self + subject in non-dual
elements devotion)
self is solid existence, the
ultimate object. we‟ve
counter- misunderstood, on the one
hand, that existence is an
intuitive point object or commodity rather
1 than just a property, and on
the other hand, what it truly
means to be solid.
because it has no center and a
different quality of mass, the
counter-
intuitive point subject does not attract (this is
self the
of experience.
2 why we‟ll need the spiritual
heart in act 2.)
although self is the most „inner‟

11. Language 1.1
Language 1.0
<Silence Stepping Forward
< Silence > >
< this language alone is < The Dance of Shiva
true >
>
Act 1 Scene 1
The Pre-Verbal
Dialects of
Language 1
Language 1.2 Language 1.3
< I Am >
< Non-dual Devotion >
< The First Name of
God >
< Face-to-Face with
Self >

12. Act 1 Scene 2 Shankara‟s First
Model 1, Language Law of Self-
1.5 Knowledge
If Self
Could Speak “Self Exists”
Shankara‟s Second Shankara‟s Third
Law of Self- Law of Self-
Knowledge Knowledge
“The World “Self is
Does Not Exist” the World”

13. First Intermission
Hi, it‟s Brickhead. I hope you enjoyed Act 1.
While you‟re stretching your legs, please check out
this exercise to help recognize Type 1 solidness,
the true solidness or true mass of the self.
 Imagine that you‟re an
astronaut floating out in
space,
and that you‟re the only
object anywhere in the
universe so you‟re not being
pulled in any direction.
 Now imagine that you‟re
surrounded by billions of stars
and planets. Since their centers
of mass are equally distributed,
you‟re still not being pulled in
any direction.
 Recognizing the presence of the self is
similar to recognizing this center-everywhere
mass. But the true mass of the self does not
exert an attractive pull on the false mass of
the subject because they‟re of different
qualities (true mass vrs false mass). This

14. Act 2
Mass-Type 2, Model 2, Language 2
The Type 2 Solidness of the Spiritual
Heart
Hi, it‟s me Airhead. I‟ll be your host for
this act. Here are a few of the particulars of
Model 2.
state of mind lucid dream
exactly 2 in the spiritual
number of heart
elements exactly 3 in the mystic mind
(2=3 where they meet)
although it functions as the
emulation or „forecho‟ of the
counter-
intuitive point 1 self, the spiritualself but by
heart is not
created by the
the subject.
although it occupies the 2nd
position on the cycle of self-
counter- knowledge,
intuitive point 2 the spiritual heart is the 3rd
element to be experienced.
all of the property of
existence is consumed by the
commodity of existence leaving
none for anything else. so,
just as the generic water

15. The Two Faces of the
Act 2 Scene 1 Void
Model 2, Language 2 The mind-mediated search
for truth (dotted arrow)
ends with an empty void,
The Mechanics but each new cycle begins
of Rebirth with a fullness (star)
informed by passing near
the self.
“A wise man‟s heart
is at his right hand,
but a fool‟s heart
is at his left”
Ecclesiastes 10:2
self
A Glimpse of Self Orbiting The Spiritual
As it passes near the Heart
self, awareness tries to Because the spiritual
emulate self‟s true solidness heart has a center, the
at a localized point (star). subject is able to locate and
The empty void thus resonate with it, thus giving
becomes the „full void‟ or the subject something to
spiritual heart (right circle) orbit near the self &
whose center is the dense preparing it to transfer its
memory of the self. devotion from the spiritual
heart to the self.
self self

16. The Point of Free
Act 2 Scene 2 Will
Model 2, Language 2
When awareness flees
the experience of the void,
it‟s reborn at the point of
The Point of Free free will (pfw), where the
Will spiritual heart (sh) meets
the mystic mind (mm) and
& mm
all inner languages are
Examples of pfw
spoken. sh
The 9 Mystic Arts
& Sciences
self
Mystic Physics Mystic Math
Three masses are The inherent two-ness of
pictured. The localized the spiritual heart meets
type 3 mass of the
the inherent three-ness of
subject is attracted to
the localized type 2 mass the mystic mind at the
of the spiritual heart until pfw. At this inner „place‟,
it„s able to recognize the digital meets analog, east
non-localized meets west and Shiva
Type one mass of the self.
“What
1 3
meets Shakti. 3
wishes to
consider
is simply
spiritual heart
= analog reality, 2=3
which does
reality and
existence.” not exist 2
2
Einstein self = digital
existence,
which is not
merely real
1 self

17. Wonderful Mischief
Act 2 Scene 3
Language 2.5 how does the canvas
feel about the paint
the screen the movie
Devotion to sleep the dream?
Shakti are they not akin to
Intesar an adoring husband
and his lovely
dancing wife
Mere Non-
Existence
Rebirth
although you don‟t exist it‟s hard to believe
you‟re my constant with you beside me
companion that the business of life
is the study of death
though but a dream
you save me from my it‟s hard to remember
nightmare with you in the sun
that lessons are learned
but for a technicality in the dark
you‟re all that is
youfirst my fountain of
are there‟s a
you wear your non- mountain
life
existence then are my no mountain
you there‟s miracle of
then love
there is
like a tinkling bell
you are my second
you‟re the best thing that mountain

19. Second Intermission
Hi, it‟s Airhead. I hope you enjoyed Act 2.
While you‟re swinging your arms, please join me in
this exercise to help recognize type 2 solidness,
the center
of the spiritual heart.
 Significant
Whatever is most precious to
each person occupies the
center of their spiritual heart.
It may be a loved one, a
teacher or something else
entirely.
 Substantial
As one‟s love for this center
grows, it become more
substantial in their awareness.
 Solid
As it attracts the subject
more and more, it
iteratively acquires
a solidness all its own.

20. Act 3
Mass-Type 3, Model 3, Language 3
The Type 3 Solidness of the
Knucklehead atSubject
your service. I‟ll be your
host for
this act. Here are a few of the particulars to
get you started with Model 3.
waking & regular (non-lucid)
state of mind
dream
number of
many (extrapolations of 3)
elements
the subject and his world
explode onto awareness fully
formed at
counter- the beginning of each new
intuitive point 1 thought.
as they do not truly exist,
there are no laws to govern
them.
although it‟s called „subject‟,
it‟s actually just the subtlest
counter-
object which the mind is
intuitive point 2
capable of

21. Act 3 Scene 1
Model 3, Language 3 As Multiple
Subjects &
The Three Objects
Ways < this is our everyday
experience and need not be
To See the illustrated >
World
As a Single As a Single
Subject Object
Random Distribution Irony
i start off alone in logic the liar
all subjectivity is mine in science the black hole
then my cat enters the room in philosophy the koan
and i happily share it with in seeking the void
her
but am i any less alone That
before which is the
or any more alone after she fullness of fullness
leaves. having no room within it
i wonder when i first
decided to
for false knowledge
appears to the mind

22. The Point of Self-
Enquiry
Act 3 Scene 2 When awareness has had
enough of moving
Language 3 horizontally
on the flat plane of the
world,
The Point of it inflects
inwards/downwards
Self-Enquiry at the pse and begins its
vertical quest for self-
(pse) knowledge.
Mohammed & the
Mountain
as both subject & object are On the Cycle
needed of Self-Knowledge
for experience to occur
for some reason
as, to interact they must or for no reason at all
both
this time when i notice
be present in the same
the center of my mind
place
sparkling
as, if one of them can‟t like diamond in a gold-miner‟s
move tray
the other must come to it it stays with me all the way
as the subject of my down
experience and this time as i pass
can‟t leave the center of the nadir of my self-orbit
my mind
I know exactly who

23. Third Intermission
Hi, it‟s Knucklehead. I hope you enjoyed Act 3
and the entire mini-play. Before you leave, please try
out these exercises
to help recognize the type 1 solidness of the subject of
experience. This is an easy one!
 Family Photo
If you‟re like me, no matter how
beloved the other people in the
photo are, you can‟t wait for the
electric thrill of finding your own
face.
 I‟m Back!
After abandoning
awareness when it came
too close to the empty
void, i find myself again self
at the very beginning of
the next new thought.
i am this
 The Center of Thoughts …
i am
As far as the subject is i am
that …
concerned, i am etc
all experiences are thoughts and …
all thoughts are extrapolations of
the self

24. Glossary
existence the only true object or commodity, also a property of this
commodity
self solid existence, non-local infinitely dense mass-type 1
mass the most intrinsic attribute of an object, creates attraction
among false objects
true mass, true solidness mass-type 1, self, existence, the
ultimate object
truth self, existence, also a digital property of objects
reality an analog property of objects
spiritual the emulation of self mystical having 3 elements
empty void the experience of self uninformed by its memory
full void the experience of self informed by its memory
spiritual heart (sh) the full void, a space which houses the
memory of self
center of the sh the memory of self, mass-type 2 to which
subject is attracted
consciousness spiritual heart, the space around mass-type 2
subject (of experience) i-ness, the center of the mind and each
thought, mass-type 3
point of free will the point where the mystical mind touches the
spiritual heart
point of self-enquiry the point at which the center of the mind
inflects upon itself
lucid dream, lucid sleep informed by the memory of self,
lucid = informed

25. Language 1.0
< Silence >
this language alone is true